Wednesday, March 19, 2014


MATH:  complete the Team Analysis of your Bowling Scores so that you may receive effective peer feedback 

SCIENCE:
*  Visit your science blog and respond to the guiding question
*  Structures & Mechanisms Wiki: Research your assigned perspective area as a lens to assess the short- and long-term effects of flight on the environment.

MUSIC: Brazilian Drumming/Dancing


BUSINESS DAY:

Business Day Research (all members): 
Guiding questions have been posted for Free the Children, Gender inequality, Education.  Start to research the following areas in your company wiki

Job Responsibilities/Characteristics (all members):
Create a page on your wiki, describe some initial thoughts on the roles and responsibilities of your job.  Throughout Business Day you will be updating your wiki and adding detail to your job description (past due)

Marketing:  Finalize your data analysis; first draft due Friday March 21st

Finance:  writing your investment for your company; first draft due Friday March 21st

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

ENTRANCE PASS: Create a mind map:  PAST DUE
- describe a goal that you have for yourself in each of these areas for Term 2: Social / Academic / Work Habit
- describe how these goals will make you successful as a student in class / school
- highlight one area of improvement & a strategy to improve upon it

MATH:  combining transformations: translation / rotation / reflection, p. 251 # 1 - 5

SCIENCE:
*  Visit your science blog and respond to the guiding question
*  Structures & Mechanisms Wiki: Research your assigned perspective area as a lens to assess the short- and long-term effects of flight on the environment.


BUSINESS DAY:
It is important to organize your wiki when creating new pages.  Remember that your sidebar takes on the role of a table of contents

Business Day Research (all members): 
Guiding questions have been posted for Free the Children, Gender inequality, Education.  Start to research the following areas in your company wiki

Job Responsibilities/Characteristics (all members):
Create a page on your wiki, describe some initial thoughts on the roles and responsibilities of your job.  Throughout Business Day you will be updating your wiki and adding detail to your job description (past due)

Marketing:  Finalize your data analysis

Finance:  Start writing your investment for your company

Monday, March 17, 2014

Welcome back everyone.  I hope you all have had a wonderful break with family and friends.  

ENTRANCE PASS: Create a mind map: 
- describe a goal that you have for yourself in each of these areas for Term 2: Social / Academic / Work Habit
- describe how these goals will make you successful as a student in class / school
- highlight one area of improvement & a strategy to improve upon it

MATH:  introduction to transformational geometry: translation / rotation / reflection, p. 248 # 1 - 6

SCIENCE
*  Visit your science blog and respond to the guiding question
*  Review the Science Wiki and research possible resources (internet sites) that you can use after the break for your science research.  Also visit the public library and sign out a book on your topic


BUSINESS DAY:
It is important to organize your wiki when creating new pages.  Remember that your sidebar takes on the role of a table of contents

Business Day Research (all members): 
Guiding questions have been posted for Free the Children, Gender inequality, Education.  Start to research the following areas in your company wiki

Job Responsibilities/Characteristics (all members):
Create a page on your wiki, describe some initial thoughts on the roles and responsibilities of your job.  Throughout Business Day you will be updating your wiki and adding detail to your job description (past due)

Marketing:  Finalize your data analysis

Finance:  Start writing your investment for your company
Paragraph 1: Introduce your Company, the UN Convention that you are supporting and why? Why are you participating in BD, why your company is supporting FTC and Haiti
Paragraph 2: Why you need their support, why you would like them to invest, how will it support your venture and your mission as a company
Paragraph 3: Closing

Friday, March 07, 2014

MATH:  6-Review Surface Area 

SCIENCE
*  Visit your science blog and respond to the guiding question
*  Review the Science Wiki and research possible resources (internet sites) that you can use after the break for your science research.  Also visit the public library and sign out a book on your topic

BUSINESS DAY:
It is important to organize your wiki when creating new pages.  Remember that your sidebar takes on the role of a table of contents
Business Day Research (all members):  Guiding questions have been posted for Free the Children, Gender inequality, Education.  Start to research the following areas in your company wiki

Job Responsibilities/Characteristics (all members):
Create a page on your wiki, describe some initial thoughts on the roles and responsibilities of your job.  Throughout Business Day you will be updating your wiki and adding detail to your job description (past due)

Marketing:  Finalize your data analysis

HAVE A GREAT MARCH BREAK.  SEE YOU IN A WEEK!!!!

Wednesday, March 05, 2014


MATH:  6-Review Surface Area for tomorrow 

SCIENCE
Visit your science blog and respond to the guiding question

BUSINESS DAY:
It is important to organize your wiki when creating new pages.  Remember that your sidebar takes on the role of a table of contents
Business Day Research (all members):

Job Responsibilities/Characteristics (all members):
Create a page on your wiki, describe some initial thoughts on the roles and responsibilities of your job.  Throughout Business Day you will be updating your wiki and adding detail to your job description (past due)

Tuesday, March 04, 2014


MATH:  6-Entrance Pass Surface Area

SCIENCE
Grade 6: Share your thoughts on padlet using text, images and/or video based on the guiding question:
What do you think you know about the properties of air and/or principles of flight?

BUSINESS DAY:
It is important to organize your wiki when creating new pages.  Remember that your sidebar takes on the role of a table of contents
Business Day Research (all members):
Your first task as a group is to develop a series of guiding questions to facilitate your research and understanding of Free of the Children as an organization. (Items to considers: Model of sustainability, 5 pillars)
Job Responsibilities/Characteristics (all members):
Create a page on your wiki, describe some initial thoughts on the roles and responsibilities of your job.  Throughout Business Day you will be updating your wiki and adding detail to your job description (past due)
BD Reflection (all members): 
Using the guiding questions reflect on your experience thus far in Business Day- Respond to the guiding questions on the Business Day Student Blog (kidblog) Due Friday February 28, 2014)
Research and Development
Create a page entitle Initial Research- start to research different companies that could support your BD ideas and/or cost of items Due Friday February 28, 2014)

Congratulations to the Be the Change Student Committee for hosting another successful event.  All members of the community enjoyed their pancake treat.  

Monday, March 03, 2014


PANCAKE TREAT:  PLEASE REMEMBER TO WEAR CLOTHING FROM YOUR CULTURE TO SUPPORT OUR DIVERSE COMMUNITY.

MATH:  6-Entrance Pass Surface Area

SCIENCE
Grade 6: Share your thoughts on padlet using text, images and/or video based on the guiding question:
What do you think you know about the properties of air and/or principles of flight?

BUSINESS DAY:
It is important to organize your wiki when creating new pages.  Remember that your sidebar takes on the role of a table of contents
Business Day Research (all members):
Your first task as a group is to develop a series of guiding questions to facilitate your research and understanding of Free of the Children as an organization. (Items to considers: Model of sustainability, 5 pillars)
Job Responsibilities/Characteristics (all members):
Create a page on your wiki, describe some initial thoughts on the roles and responsibilities of your job.  Throughout Business Day you will be updating your wiki and adding detail to your job description (past due)
BD Reflection (all members): 
Using the guiding questions reflect on your experience thus far in Business Day- Respond to the guiding questions on the Business Day Student Blog (kidblog) Due Friday February 28, 2014)
Research and Development
Create a page entitle Initial Research- start to research different companies that could support your BD ideas and/or cost of items Due Friday February 28, 2014)

Thank you to the National Geographic for loaning out a giant map of Canada so that we could analyze and explore Canada's energy consumption, production and transmission.